the decomposed dogs.quustions &ptonight why no one said orrdi anything...fromm neighbors...delivery trucks....ailmen...we have a warning for you...the video you are abbut to see could be disturbing. this is what's left of two dogs...tied to a tree behind a foreclosed home.itts unclear if these animals were left by the previous owner.city animal abuse experts say they've seen animals abandoned in foreclosed houses befooe...but hardly ever a case like this....because it'ssan area....here people would have seen and heard these ogs.they died a slow and painful death...of dehydratiin and starvation.if it's prooen the owner of the forclosed home did leave the dogs to die...the owner could ace charges of animal neglecc aal the way up aggravated animaa cruelty...which is a felony. 3 pi think it's more upsetting no one reported this, heee dogs were obviously out for weeks andd months, we need to be the ears and eyes of animal neglect and report these

situations when ttey occur" &pif you see animal abuse you the city teameddup witt metro crimestoppers where you can anonnmously.live in southwwst baltimore, janice park...fox45 news at 530. a family is homeless... / after... a fire breaks out... at the vacant home neet ii happened around eleven last yale avenue....// the fire homes...// ááoneáá was occupied....// takia smith,.../ her fiance... and their 3-month-old - / all got out .../ áá thanksáá to nnighbors ...who alerted them... by throwing bricks... at their house..../ áásmitháá city... for not doing -somethi the vacant homes earliir. 617 do something about it knock em down! why are they sitting here? to get cauggtton fire? 24 to tackke the vacant housing investigators are tryinn to determiie what caused the fire.. two teens are killed in a

hit and runn... and it appears no one will be held responsible for their deaths. pt took jurors... less than an hour to find a severn man not run that llft two city girls de. dead.// crime and justice reporter joy lepola livv ddwntown with what was happening inside the courthouse following the verdict. family members stiil can not believe that the jury found 28 year old reubeendunn not guilty. he wws aacused of vehicular manslaughter in the &pdeaths off16 year old courtne angeles andd17 year old emerald smmth. the teens died along martin luthhr king boulevard afterrthey were struckk ((nat-pop))13:26:36 crying... 3 faaily members of the teens llft coort in tears . it took jurors less than an hhur to find reeben dunn not guilty of vehicular manslaughter and

leaving the scene of a deadly accident. a shocking verdict entered a plea deal with another suspect.... in an effort to get a conviction against dunn. 13:39:00 the prosecutors office entered a leaadeal with myles was a passenger or may have been the driier in this case. any regrets at this point from yourr ffice of making that deal because two girls are dead and no one is being held accoutable in the answwr is no. :22y.the short :21 (no super) 13:26:01 this is the worst hing that ever happened. who do you think was behind the wheel hat night? he was dunn's attorney tells me.... thankful.ieved tonight and wee.. told you... about.../ the... many things.../ drivers.../ do...// áátoáá avood... speed camera tickets.../.. áátonightáá we...'have... pictures... of what anooher driver.../ appears to be doing.../ to.../ duck a tiiket.

someone... snapped this picttre... f a blue dodge charger.../ and... its license plaae../ áátheáá tags appear ...taped, ...// áápresumablyáá to... make it difficult... for a speed camera ... to read..../// áá theáá tags... are... maryland fraternal order of police.../ plates, .../ 3 is going to encounter a police most likely be cited for thatt obstruction, police officer or " not.." in the city,... do... see driverr... nforce -3 covering../ their license plates../ which ..is illegal. a baltimore homeless shelttr is no longer able too help ttoseein need.. after p---e shut ff its power for unpaid bills. keith daniels, is here now with.. &pwhy the shelter blames the city.. keith. keith. the shelter is rrn by the prisoners aid association... a group that gets a federal grant each year... funds that are distributed by theecity....... .........ut tonight, the streee hhs faalen on hard finannial times.... times.... frank marchant is the paa's executive director...... his

properties across the city &pthha house recently released electricity at the house on lanvale has been shut off because of late payments... putting at east a dozenn homeless. mmrchant says bills.. beccuse the city wes - p-a-a about 140-thousand dollars in unpaid invoices. but tonighh, a representative from the mmyor's office says (mr. marchanttpaa) "well, o . clearly that is wrong. clearly the mayor is wrong. clearly the mayor doesn't know about these invoices or she's overlooking the fact that they owe $140,0000 here's another one for $30,000 they owe us that goes back to ootober. so, i did not make this up." up." a city spokesman went on to say tonight... that unnubstaaniated invoices are not paid.. until the proper paperwork is received. still, the p-a-a believes it's

followed proper procedure. eith daniels, fox 45 news goverror martin o'malley is deciding how to prrceed....after the eneraa unfinished business.... business.... the legislature adjourned ithout agrreing on a plan to fund the operating budget. that means drastic cuts are imminent unless the govvrnor orders lawmakers back to funding lan. (2:00) (o'malley) "" don't ttink annbody is proud &pdone by the budget most will reccgniie its not their bestt work. i opp we can get it tt" ttgether." the governor says he'll meet with leaders week to figureeout what mooe to make next. governor .../ o'maaley's... expecttd to sign into laww../ two.../ key... environmental bills. one.../// "flush tax"... pn.../ hommowners../ from... 30... to ..60-dollars.../.áátheeá baltimore city... and... area counties.../ &p to... charge another fee ...// .../

clean-up...///. (amato) "putting a funding source in place is critical too maintaaning what we havv so we can take care of our city's infrastructure and to meet those clean water mandates." mandates."critics say... the bill.... allows... the city nd counties...// to... charge... whatever they decide whether a reeerendum on - the ddeam act wwll appear on the ggneral election ballot ttis fall. fall. a judge ruled to allow a refeeenduu... after oppooents &plaunched a petition drrve against the measure... which provides in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. immigrants.casa de maryland is appeallnn that decision. decisson.they say the dream act ii not subject to referendum, bbcaase it involves funding of state government programs. programs.the court of appeals will hear the case june 11. beginning.../ today....somm drivers.../ will.../ have... to ffnd... a new starting at 7-pm ...// left lane ...in... both directions.../ of... the... j--f--x...// near... 29th street.../ wiil be... shut doww.../ ááasáá crews ...make emergency repaars.../ to... clogged nd collapsed.../ drainagee work ...will reduce traffic flow.../ by... /

at least... a thirr .../ áárepairsáá could ttke... a month. how are the roads looking tonightt trafficc dge report. report. map295 @695greensrpingfiber 95 @easternmap map a very unusual love story.... for one couppl

brouggt together by a fast food chain. 3 christina heise... and... matthew robinson .../ are... ffas of ...chick-fil-a../ . ááespeciallyáá the coupons ...they've woo... for free meals.../.áábutáá after... seeing each other repeattdll... at the openings... of new stores... / ááanáá unexpecteddromance áánowáá.../ they're getting married. "about five to ten times aa wwek we eat chick-fil-a food so and we have never gotten phicken and a wife at chicc-fil-a so you can't beat that, ha a ha ." ."between the two of them.../ they've... amassed enough coupons ... to eat chicken... almost evvrr meal. pharges filedd.. in the shooting....of... trayvon martin.//karen//why

civil rights leaaer say the fight is far from over.... 3 a bizarre encounter on the streets of la .... // what happenee ...when a man... came face to face... with a 400- steve tyler: "they knew there was gonna be hell to pay. a shake up on american idol.... the big announcement... that left the judges in shock. 3 &p--adblib weathhr tz-- group of ...religious

leaders .../ calls... for unity .../ . one dayy... after the arrest ...of ggorge zzmmerman..../ áámoreáá thaa ...75 pastors ...held after meeting in florida

last nightt.. to... talk about the death... of.. trayvon martin.../. áámeantimeáá... , zimmermmn's... been charged with second degree murder../, áábutáá jesse jackson says... the arrest ...doesnt end... the debate. that's a first doww. not a touchdown. it's not a victory. touchdown, you remooe these, in 24 states, theseelaws of stand your ground. these self- defense laws laws a... bond hearing for scheduled for aaril 20. two suspects in the shooting death of a police chief in new hampshhre have been found dead. pooice say t may have beee aa holed in up in a home in been - offfcers had gone to the house as part of a drug &pinvestigation, which led to the shooting and staadoff. the police chief was just days others were alsoowounded. north korea under fire for a failed rocket launch.you're loooing at images of the rocket... before the launch attempt.the ocket was supposee tt be ppwerful enough

to get into space...but u-ss officials ay it broke apart shortly after ttkeoff.the launch was condemned by governments around the world and the u-n security council met today ... to discuss how po respond.now a search is on pi the waters off the korean can be found.see if any debris - ryan says: the person who is at risk of leaving us tonight is jessica sanchez sanchezmajjr drama on american idol last night.... an early stand out received the lowest umber of votes this week. week. 3candace dold... has reaction ...to the shocking news ...in tonight's jessica sanchez issa judges favorite... but ttis week she dddn't hit a high note wiih america so she had to sing in hopessof escaping elimation by earniig the judges savethhs

wasn't just another that rmance j lo.. "gimme - mic! this is crazy!of course we're using the save! go sit down." emotions were high as the judges stormed up on stageeand used their one save of the ssason. this all happened in minutes, so it was a whirlwind for her and the judges.here's whattrandy jackson had to say backstage after the show. jackson says: "it happens every season though like it's always some &psort of travesty and the way we go. i think people just that's theecase because i mean dude this girl s ridiculously talented. and let's faae it: it's a singing competition, pnd she's one of the best singers in the competition." you can see american idol next wednesday anddthursday aa 8pm here on fox45.i'' candace dold ann that's your lowdown. p3 a gator checks in.... what

happened when a hotel guest 3ncountered this wild animal. - --adblib weather ttz- nnthing like waking up... to

this... pnookkng on yoor door..../ ááaáá ááanimaláá control workers... removed the alligator... from an... l-a motel.../ thursday ..// ááhoteláá staff says... thh gator.../ &p bit... one of the guests.../ whenn.. he tried ...to catch animal control... shooed re... - up..../ áátheáá bite victim... is expected... to be okay.../. áátheáá gator peleased.red ...and re-

police ii washington didn't &phave too much trouble trackin down an alleged car thiee. the man accidentally called p-1-1 during his crime spree... not once... but times.police say their suspect was driving around while 9-1-1 operators llstened to ii say things like, "we'll take the honda.. officers say e pocket dialed emergency services several tiies over a two week period. ((he dialed 911 ffur times and at least twice he was in the process of committing a felony.) felony.))police were able to track down the suspect during his llst pocket dial. 3 we're looking at a beautiful we. weeeend. meteorologist emily gracey is

here with your skywatch ffrecast.

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a close encounter... one man didn't see coming... coming... what happened when hh came face to face with a bear.... and the reason he wasnt prrpared.

the orioles have theii bagss packed and passports in hand for their first road action with toronto for a thrre game series.then four with the weekend in l-a ffr three with the angels. angels.there's no easing in process for the road.baltimore east so far... torrnto..and it doesn't help that the orioles don't play well in canada.in the last 34 meetings in toronto... birds are 5-and-29. o's lookinn to dd to the winncollmn tonighh... firss pitch jjst after 7.tommy first sttrt of the yearr..7 is - innings, no earned rrns &pagainst minnesota....he's

offense that's struggled this season...they're batting just 2-oh-2 as a team... thiisweekend, most raaens will make their way back to baltimoreemonday starts off season workouts.this isn't mandatory.juut a chance for guys to get back together in the building before o-tta's. com....avens cornerback cary williams will not participate in off season workouts.. pilliams was a restricted free him a second round tender williams haan't signed it... n. anddaccording to this report,, he has no plans to,,anytime just yet... nothing's out mandatooy until organized team activities in jjne.thh rehabbing from off ssason hip surgery. o's and jays...high school game of he week...and we preview two of tomorrow's big lacrosse games...coming up at 10-50 and 11-30 on sports unlimited... --toss to emily-- emily-- 3 3 3

texting can be a dangerous distraction.... but one man coming... ve seen this - 3 a.../ news helicopter... was following a bear.../ on... the loose... in la..../ áábbtáá a... guy... had no idea.../ what... he was about... to encountee..../ ááheáá of... course...// was... texting... while walking... / páwhenáá he... witt the... 400--pound... black bear...///. ááiiáá becamm ...a national story... earlier this week...//.áábutáá the first timm... / -

ááwe'rráá hearing from ...theeman himself.../ i'm coming down the stairs andd i see the bear coming down the stairs toward me so i turned back and a ran for my life (laughs) 3 the bear.,.. was later captured... / and... re-released... 3ntt the wild. that's all for fox45 news at 5:30."family feud" s nexx. next.and weell bb back tonight for fox45 news at ten -- and 11...we'll see you later. lattr.